Brain control your drone

http://www.cnet.com/news/racing-drones-using-mind-brain-drone-race-tomorrow-daily-354/

 

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Is this a useful way to spend your time?
How does this technology work?

What kind of sensors are they using?
Is it very processor intensive?

Where Google stores all its data.

http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/streetview/
















Google has data centers all over the world.
There are many other large volume data centers.
https://storageservers.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/facts-and-stats-of-worlds-largest-data-centers/

https://www.cirrusinsight.com/blog/how-much-data-does-google-store
"So if someone stops you in the street and asks about Google’s storage capacity, hopefully now you’ll have an answer. You can either tell them it’s somewhere in between 10-15 exabytes, or you can tell them to look up and imagine punch cards for 3 miles."

What is the cloud?
How big is it? What is an exabyte?
Who owns it?
Who has data on the cloud?

Controlling drones near airports

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36100865



The US is considering disabling drones near airports

Do you think that this is necessary?
How could they do that?

Innovative output device - your hand!

http://www.livescience.com/54440-ultrathin-e-skin-turns-hand-into-electronic-display.html



Developers are creating displays that are so thin they can be attached to skin.

Can you think of applications for such displays?
What kind of materials have made this possible?

Are Drones Dangerous?

Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Airport

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36067591

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/how-dangerous-are-drones-researchers-aalbord-university-simulate-risk-humans-527360

What hazards are posed by drones?

What can be done about this?

Should there be a licence to fly a drone? 

Look also at this article on Rules for Drones in the U.K.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36072039

Mind Control Moves On

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36015248 
article 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60fAjaRfwnU
Longer video


This is a big step forward for doctors and patients using the mind to control muscles when the nervous system is damaged.

• What are the inputs to this system?
• What are the outputs?
• How does the system recognise what movements are required?
• Is this the best way forward for patients with such damage? What are the alternatives?
• What are the present limitations of such an approach?
• How can present limitations be overcome?

Python resources and links

• www.learnpython.org/

An interactive tutorial

• http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/intro/learning/

This site has many, many great links